Music of What Happens

Cathie Ryan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 15, 1998)
• Original Release Date: September 15, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shanachie
• ASIN: B00000AFQ1
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,646 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #71 in Music > Indie Music > World Music > Europe

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fresh new addition to anyone's cd collection., January 26, 1999

By 

David M. Scrofani ([e-mail]) (New Haven, Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music of What Happens (Audio CD)

As a professional singer and pianist myself who grew up on gospel and 70's R&B I have been able to find little in the modern music market that scintillates my taste. When looking for some work by a young Celtic singer named Breda Mayock (who appears on a Hector Zazou album entitled "Lights in the Dark", itself, also a fabulous album) I stumbled across this work by Cathie Ryan (Breda has nothing of her own available yet). Within one minute of listening to the first track of "The Music of What Happens" I was in love with it. It is a masterpiece. I place it among my top few favorites of all time, in a category with: Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" and Donny Hathaway's "Extensions of a Man". From a musician's point of view, this album is a must. You will be hard pressed to find another contemporary singer who is as honest in sound and uncontrived in spirit as Cathie Ryan. Not to mention that the songs, in and of themselves, are terrific (though I would not want to listen to another singer interpret them or dare to attempt them myself - since it is entirely Cathie's sensitivity and purity of tone that makes them truly magical). The blend of Celtic and American folk, highlighted by unusual production (including a very moody fretless bass on the first track), and poetic lyrics is inspirational. Cathie is one of the best new singers that I have found in years. No one can do what she is doing. But I, for one, am very excited that she's doing it.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just wonderful!, January 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Music of What Happens (Audio CD)

A wonderful voice and an incredible taste for songs, all together in this CD. I am an Emmylou Harris fan and grew up listening to rock, country, jazz, blues and classical. I am so glad there are people still doing good music.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for Celtic Music collectors..., November 28, 2004

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R. Kyle (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music of What Happens (Audio CD)

Cathie Ryan has a pure, clear soprano that's one of the most powerful and evocative voices I have heard since Joan Baez. Her collection addresses everything from Ireland to lost love. Not a bad song in the bunch.